Rajesh Rathod (@rajeshrathodwp) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Web Designer & Developer | Open Source Enthusiast | Passionate Artist!

Rajesh Rathod is the founder of imli Design Studio and a self-taught web designer and developer based in Pune, India. Rather than a specialist, he likes being a “jack of all trades” and keeps constantly exploring new skills and domains.

Outside of code, you’ll find him reading books, listening to podcasts, sketching, or catching a good film. He’s always open to conversations and collaborations—feel free to connect with him on LinkedIn!

Interests

WordPress, Web Development and UI Design

WordPress Origin Story

With an academic background in Economics (Arts), he transitioned into tech by learning to code and building websites that help individuals and businesses establish a strong digital presence.

His journey began in 2018 with writing blogs on Google’s Blogger, eventually leading him to the world of WordPress. Since then, Rajesh has become an active contributor to the WordPress ecosystem—co-organizing WordCamp Pune, a premier annual tech event, and contributed to the WordPress 6.8 core release.

Passionate about community, creativity, and continuous learning, Rajesh enjoys working on block themes and plugin development.

Badges

CODE

2 badges

Core Contributor '25 Pattern Author '23

COMMUNITY

3 badges

WordCamp Organizer '24 WordCamp Speaker '25 WordCamp Volunteer '25

POLYGLOTS

1 badge

Translation Contributor '24

Current Job

Web Designer & Developer

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Recent impact

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Last 90 days

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Last 12 months

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Team focus

Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 1 release

Contributions

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January 2026

Jan 20 Tue · 08:19

Meta high

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Pune 2026

Jan 07 Wed · 13:40

Polyglots high

Translated 31 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

December 2025

Dec 02 Tue · 12:04

Polyglots high

Translated 9 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

November 2025

Nov 25 Tue · 16:21

Polyglots med

Suggested 82 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

April 2025

Apr 15 Tue · 19:23

Meta high

Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @audrasjb @desrosj @michelleames @SergeyBiryukov@joemcgill @Mamaduka @marybaum @karmatosed @estelaris @ryelle @paulkevan @themebeans @richtabor @4thhubbard…

Apr 14 Mon · 17:35

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Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to @audrasjb @desrosj @michelleames @JeffPaul @vgnavada @surajswalstar @sppramodh @shailu25 @ravigadhiyawp @abcd95 @mayanktripathi32 @faisalahammad @ahsankhan316…

Apr 08 Tue · 20:34

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Received props from @JeffPaul in Slack:
Props to@desrosj @michelleames @Mamaduka @joemcgill @audrasjb @michelleames @krupajnanda @Benjamin_Zekavica @narenin @joedolson @marybaum @mkrndmane @courane01 @zunaid321…

February 2025

Feb 07 Fri · 06:39

Meta high

Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Pune, India 2025

November 2024

Nov 25 Mon · 20:19

Meta high

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Pune, India 2025

Nov 23 Sat · 02:37

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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.8 Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I love to volunteer as a Documentation Lead for WP 6.8 Release!